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Defining a new political contract for the EU

Publication date:
19 March 2015

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Mar 19, 2015 12:00:00 AM

The EU is faced with the challenges of fashioning practices and institutions that reconcile the conflicting demands on political representatives from their international partners and their domestic constituents. This has been particularly manifest in the eurozone recently, but it reflects a deeper challenge which also concerns non euro-area members such as the UK.Prof Albert Weale (UCL SPP)19 March 2015